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For Pete's Sake

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Directed by Peter Yates
Produced by Stanley Shapiro
Written by Stanley Shapiro
Maurice Richlin
Starring Barbra Streisand
Michael Sarrazin
Music by Artie Butler
Cinematography László Kovács
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) June 26, 1974 Flag of the United States United States
Running time 90 minutes
Country USA
Language English
IMDb profile

For Pete's Sake is a 1974 American screwball comedy film directed by Peter Yates. Peter Yates (born 24 July 1929 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English Film director and producer Stanley Shapiro ( July 16, 1925 - July 21, 1990) was an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter and Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Michael Sarrazin (born May 22 1940, Québec City, Quebec, Canada) is an actor who found fame opposite Jane Fonda in László Kovács, ASC ( May 14, 1933 &ndash July 22, 2007) was a Cinematographer, most famous for his award-winning work on }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1974 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The screwball comedy is a subgenre of the comedy Film genre. It has proven to be one of the most popular and enduring film genres Peter Yates (born 24 July 1929 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English Film director and producer The screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin chronicles the misadventures of a Brooklyn housewife. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television Stanley Shapiro ( July 16, 1925 - July 21, 1990) was an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter and Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. In 1977 it was remade in India as the Hindi film Aap Ki Khatir. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is Aap Ki Khatir is a 1977 Bollywood film Harsh Kohli produced and Sudhendhu Roy directed the film

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Plot synopsis

Henrietta and Pete Robbins are a young couple struggling to get by on the income he earns as a cab driver. A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of Public transport for a single passenger or small group of passengers typically for a non-shared ride His pompous sister-in-law Helen delights in reminding them that an early marriage robbed him of a college education and how much better off than they she and her husband Fred are. When Henrietta gets an inside tip on pork belly futures, she borrows $3,000 from a Mafia loan shark to purchase the stock. Insider trading is the trading of a Corporation 's Stock or other securities (e The pork belly is the underside of the pig from which Bacon is made in the United States (in other parts of the world bacon is more often made from back and side meats and A futures exchange is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized Futures contracts; that is a contract to buy specific quantities of a Commodity The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a Sicilian Criminal Secret society which is believed to have first developed in the mid-19th century A loan shark is a person or body that offers illegal Unsecured loans at high Interest rates to individuals often backed by Blackmail or threats Unfortunately, its value doesn't increase as rapidly as she anticipated, and when she's unable to pay her debt, her contract is sold to Mrs. Cherry, a grandmotherly-type who operates a prostitution ring. Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. When Henrietta's initial attempts at entertaining clients prove to be less than successful, her contract is sold yet again . . . and again, as Henrietta fails to fulfill the requirements of each new individual to whom she becomes indebted - each time for more money - and tries to keep her new enterprises - bomber, then cattle rustler - secret from her unsuspecting husband. A bomb is any of a range of devices that typically rely on the Exothermic Chemical reaction of an Explosive material to produce an extremely

Production notes

The title tune, "For Pete's Sake (Don't Let Him Down)," was written by Artie Butler and Mark Lindsay, former lead singer of Paul Revere & the Raiders. Mark Lindsay is an American Musician, best known as the singer for the group Paul Revere & the Raiders. Paul Revere and the Raiders is an American rock band that saw enormous mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and earlier 1970s best-known for hits like

Principal cast

Critical reception

In his review in the New York Times, Vincent Canby called the film "an often boisterously funny old-time farce" and added, "The movie may not hold together as any kind of larger comic statement, but the laughs are self-sustaining throughout . Vincent Canby ( July 27 1924 &ndash September 15 2000) was an American film critic. A farce is a Comedy written for the stage or film which aims to Entertain the audience by means of unlikely extravagant and improbable situations disguise and mistaken . . Miss Streisand's comedy range is narrow, like a cartoon character's, but For Pete's Sake operates almost entirely within that range. The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. She's at her best in this kind of farce. " [1]

Time Out London says, "Yates sure is an erratic talent . Time Out is a Publishing company based in London, England. The company's best known product is the Time Out weekly listings Magazine . . Here he's adrift in a sea of poor performances and bad comic timing. " [2]

References

  1. ^ New York Times review
  2. ^ Time Out London review

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